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Lifeline Student Research Fellowship

2009 Award Winners

Joel Beckett
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
Sponsor: Bauer Sumpio, MD, PhD
Project Title: Effect of Oleuropein, a Phenolic Antioxidant in Olive Oil, on Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation

Daniel I. Fremed
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ
Sponsor: Paul B. Haser, MD
Project Title: From Balloon to the Bench: A Translational Study of Carotid Angioplasty and Intimal

Xuan Han
SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
Sponsor: Vivian Gahtan, MD
Project Title: The Effect of Statins on TSP-1 Induced Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Migration – Implications

Daniel Hashimoto
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Sponsor: Peter McCombs, MD
Project Title: High-Fidelity Team Simulation in Vascular Surgery – Can Technology Contribute to Training and Objective Evaluation of Residents’ Skills in Open AAA Repair?

Catherine L. Loflin
East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine, Greenville, NC
Sponsor: Michael C. Stoner, MD
Project Title: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm and Cardiovascular Population Screening in Eastern North Carolina

Sherveen Salek
University of California - San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Sponsor: Michael S. Conte, MD
Project Title: Regulation of Survivin Expression in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells

Brandon M. Wojcik
University of Michigan Conrad Jobst Vascular Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI
Sponsor: Thomas. W. Wakefield, MD
Project Title: The Evaluation of Alfimeprase in a Rat Model of Deep Vein Thrombosis

Jun Xu
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
Sponsor: Matthew Eagleton, MD
Project Title: Role of IL5 and IL10 in the Pathogenesis of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm